Horse-collar fastener.



' H. A. WOLVERTON, W. E. PIXLEY & G. W. DERRIGKSON.

- HORSE COLLAR FASTENER. j APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1909.

Patented Ali 10, 1909 unrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HALIETT A. WQLVERTON,- WALTER E. PIXLEY, AND CAREY 'W.

DERRICKSON; or ALBANY,

INDIANA.

HORSE-COLLAR FASTEN'EB.

S ecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application filed May t, 1909. Serial No. 493,884.

This invention relates to means for securing together on the neck of a horse or other draft animal, the free ends of that class of parse collars which are known as open colars.

The object of this invention is to simplify and improve the construction of fasteners of this class whereby the parts of the fastener may be more easily and cheaply constructed and the two main portions quickly secured together and held against any tendency to become loosened from each other.

With this object in view the invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement and combination of the parts of a fastener of this class, which will be fully hereinafter described and afterward specifically claimed. v

In the drawing, which illustrates a preferred form of fastener constructed in accordance with our invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view with the parts connected view of what we shall denominate the latch member, detached. Fig; 3 is a similar view of the catch member, detached. Fig. f is a horizontal sectional view through the two meeting flanges and the latch, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the elastic split washer. The parts of this improved fastener may be manufactured by casting, and perhaps preferably, by stamping the parts out of heavy sheet or plate metal,'and we desire it to be understood that the scope of our invention includes fasteners made by any of the known methods of working metal. Referring specifically to the drawings, 1 indicates the latch section and 2, the catch section of our improved fastener each of which comprises a base plate, asiat 3 and 4, and a substantially right angled upright I flange as at 5 and 6, each base plate being provided with holes 7 by means of which they may be secured to the ends of a collar. 5 The metal which would ordinarily form the together and locked. Fig. 2 is a perspective.

"of the latch member stance separated from the flange and bent downward into position to form a tongue 8 to rest upon the upper surface of the latch section 1 when projected over said section.

- central portion of the flange 6, is in this in- I This tongue is provided with a vertical opening 9 to receive a projection or detent 10 on a latch 11 pivotally secured to the flange 5 of the latch member 1, by means of a rivet 12, preferably of the form shown in Fig. 4, the diameter of that part of the rivet which is contained in the flange ,5 being reduced in order to form a shoulder 13 to bear againstthe surface of the flange 5 in order to prevent the too close squeezing or grasping of a spring member 14' between the latch 11 and the head of therivet-This spring member in the present instanceis shown as a split elastic washer which will bear yieldingly against the outer surface of the latch 11, but a rubber washer or coil spring, might be substituted therefor.

In the manufacture flange 6 of the catch member 2, the flange 5 1 and the latch 11 are formed with depressions 15. 16 and 17 on one side and corresponding projections 18,19 and on the opposite side, and when these of the parts, the" parts are in lockedposition the-projections and depressions register with each other, the projection 18 of the flange 6 fitting n the depression 16 of the flange 5 and serving to cause these parts to register properly and prevent the sliding of one flange upon the other, while thedepression 17 of the latch 11, when thelatch is brought down into locked position, over the projection 19 of the flange 5, and will be held'yieldingly in contact therewith and thus prevent it from becoming accidentally loosened therefrom, by means of the elasticity of the member 14' under the head of the rivet 12.

The two members 1 and 2, in order to more fully insure their proper registering with each other when brought together, may

be formed with inclined overlapping edges as shown at- 21 and 22, but the simple provision'of the registering projections and deressions before described will be sufficient or all general purposes.

When the parts are'brought together, the tongue8 will slip through the opening 23 in the flan c5, and, as before stated, Wlll ride upon t e face of the base plate 3 of the as'shown in Fig. 1, will slip yieldingly held by the spring member 14 son of t e proper location of the enga ing height to leave a ,narrow space between its- Whereby the beveled end '24: of the catcher latch member land, by reason of its beveled The latch may be just as cheaply made 3 front end 24, it will raise the latch 11 out with its depression, the usefulness of which of its path, should the latch at that time be is obvious, I

in its closed position. By now pressing What we claim as new and desire to se- 7 upon the latch, its depression will be made cure by Letters Patent, is

to slip over and yielding y engage with the In a horse collar fastener, the combination 35 projection on the flange 0' where it will be WhlCh .will not only serve to hold the latch yieldingly in its locked position, but by reaownward to form a catch and the flange of the latch member being provided with an 40 opening to receive said catch, a latch having a detent to engage the catch, said latch being pivoted to the flange of the latch memer and providedwith means for holding it yieldingly in contact therewith, the two 45 flanges and the latch bein provided with re istering depressions an projections for ho ding the flanges in proper relative positions and holding the latch in its locked position. o'u In testimony whereof we hereto afiix oursignatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

epression of thelatch and projection o the flange 5, the latch will be held at a proper detent and the surface of the base plate 3,

tongue may be slip ed under.

sufficient for all practical-purposes. HALIETT A. -WOLVERTON.

The engaging projections and depressions WALTER E. PIXLEY.

can be readily made during the manufacture CAREY W. DERRIOKSON.

of the two members, either by casting or Vitnesses:

stamping,thus involving no greater expense O. L. HUFFMAN,

than to make the members plain. JOHN S. KROHN. 

